NGamer review scores
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3DS
Pilotwings Resort – 75%
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition – 87%
nintendogs + cats – 80%
DS
Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoshi – 84%
Zombie Daisku – 80%
Jewel Link Chronicles: Legend of Athena – 51%
Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden – 73%
Bermuda Triangle: Saving the coral – 54%
Magic Encyclopedia 2: Moonlight – 52%
Naruto Shippuden: Shinobi Rumble – 40%
Wii
de Blob 2 – 87%
Udraw Studio – 65%
Dood’s: Big Adventure – 50%
Pictionary – 69%
Haunted House – 25%
Pucca’s Race for Kisses – 61%
DSiWare
Shante: Risky’s Revenge – 5/5
Wiiware
Pucca’s Kisses Game – 2/5
TNT Racers – 2/5
Thanks to P.S. and Alberto R for the tip!
Night of the Sacrifice screenshots
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Details from Retro’s GDC panel
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Most of Retro’s GDC panel yesterday focused on Donkey Kong Country Returns, but there are some other neat nuggets included below as well!
– Retro Studios looked at Wario Land on Virtual Boy
– The team specifically looked at the separated platforming planes in which Wario could switch between background and foreground
– Dev. team would sometimes make something that resembled Metroid too much
– Many initial designs were scrapped since Donkey Kong Country Returns needed to be “fun and whimsical”
– Kensuke Tanabe: “We wanted to depend on Retro to make games we couldn’t [in Japan].”
– Wave level took very long to program
– Retro refers to Shigeru Miyamoto as “Master Yoda”
– Miyamoto told Retro: “Donkey Kong is my baby and you better get it right!”
– Super Guide feature was used to test and record bugs
– A bunch of bugs resulted from players running back to the left instead of always to the right
– Michael Kelbaugh joke: “We were going to make an addition to the manual that said ‘Don’t go left.'”
– Iwata told Retro: “I am looking forward to playing this product with my family and having fun”
– Retro checked back in with Retro following the game’s release and Iwata said his wish came true
– After simply running back and forth for ten minutes and watching the animations of Donkey Kong turning around, Shigeru Miyamoto told Retro that it seemed like Donkey Kong was “blowing” when he created dust clouds
– “Blow” mechanic was born from the off-handed remark above
– Retro still needed to make around 70 more levels after E3
– Retro joked that the next Nintendo classic they’d like to revive is Doki Doki Panic
– Retro also joked around by saying they’d like to make Pokemon Prime or work with Tingle
Top 5 game sales worldwide (Amazon)
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Multiplatform
North America:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii)
2. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft, Wii)
3. Zumba Fitness (Majesco, Wii)
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, X360)
5. Killzone 3 (SCEA, PS3)
Japan:
1. Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (Square Enix, PSP)
2. Samurai Dou 4 (Spike, PS3)
3. Layton Kyouju to Kiseki no Kamen (Nintendo, 3DS)
4. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom, PSP)
5. Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (Sega, PSP)
UK:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii)
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, X360)
3. Killzone 3 (SCEE, PS3)
4. FIFA 11 (EA Sports, X360)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, PS3)
Nintendo Wii
North America:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
3. Zumba Fitness (Majesco)
4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
Japan:
1. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
2. Shape Boxing 2 Wii de Enjoy Diet (Rocket Company)
3. Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo)
4. Fitness Party (Bandai Namco)
5. Wii Party (Nintendo).
UK:
1. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
3. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo)
4. Wii Party (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
Nintendo 3DS
Japan:
1. Layton Kyouju to Kiseki no Kamen (Nintendo)
2. Sengoku Musou Chronicle (Koei)
3. Nintendogs + Cats: Shiba & New Friends (Nintendo)
4. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom)
5. Ridge Racer 3D (Bandai Namco)
Nintendo DS
North America:
1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Radiant Historia (Atlus)
4. Plants vs. Zombies (PopCap)
5. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)
Japan:
1. Gyakuten Kenji 2 (Capcom)
2. Ninokuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Level 5)
3. Pocket Monsters Black (Nintendo)
4. Pocket Monsters White (Nintendo)
5. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise (Konami).
UK:
1. Toy Story 3 (Disney)
2. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
3. Art Academy (Nintendo)
4. Let’s Draw! (Majesco)
5. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (Nintendo)
No Donkey Kong Country Returns sequel currently planned, Tanabe on how Retro became involved
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Despite the critical and commercial success Donkey Kong Country Returns has experienced, there are no plans for a sequel at the moment. That’s according to Retro Studio’s president and CEO Michael Kelbaugh, who also said that creating a platformer was quite difficult – moreso than he expected.
In more Donkey Kong-related news, Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe provided some information behind the game’s development. Tanabe said that told Retro Studios were denied a request to work on the franchise over five years ago, but were later given the opportunity to make a Donkey Kong game when the Big N felt the time was right.
Tanabe also commented on the possibility of a sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns:
“I wasn’t even thinking about doing a sequel for Metroid Prime until Retro showed me the last scene in the game, which was near the end of development. I wouldn’t say we won’t do a sequel [for Donkey Kong Country Returns], but we don’t have anything planned at this time.”
Heavy Fire: Black Arms launch trailer
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Heavy Fire: Black Arms will be released on March 7 – in other words, next Monday!
Japanese release dates from Nintendo
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PilotWings Resort (3DS) – April 14, ¥4,800
Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (DS) – April 21, ¥5,800
Kirby (Wii) – 2011
Just Dance 2 (Wii) – 2011
GoldenEye 007 (Wii) – 2011
Super Mario (3DS) – TBA
Konno demos Mario Kart Wii in 3D at GDC
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At Hideki Konno’s GDC keynote earlier today, there was a demonstration featuring the long talked-about 3D Wii. Konno was able to adjust the 3D effect in a special version of Mario Kart Wii by controlling the nunchuck. Nothing’s changed, however – ultimately, it’s still a tech demo.
